El doctor holandés Van Dijk ha dado su aprobación para que
Cristiano Ronaldo vuelva a las canchas.
Cuidado para todos los que le van al Barcelona porque recuerden que el jugador que en verdad
revoluciona al Real Madrid es CR9.
A pesar de su lesión, sigue siendo el máximo goleador merengue con cinco
tantos en liga y cuatro en Champions League.
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A meaningless two month suspension and a fine of $25,000.00.
It's always good to have friends in high places.
Argentina coach Diego Maradona banned for two months by Fifa
• Argentina's World Cup preparations disrupted
• Coach apologises for rant against journalists
guardian.
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This decision handed down by FIFA in Zurich today on Argentine coach Diego Maradona is the reason
why people in South America and in Argentine football fear Julio Grondona. He is a picture perfect
clone of an old Vito Corleone.
How much influence Grondona? How about the little letter he wrote Blatter.
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WorldCupBlog 15 November @ 01:00 PM EST
Ah, to be a fly on the wall.
Diego Armando Maradona, coach of the Argentine National team, and all around
deity, graced FIFA's Zurich based home to answer questions on his media outburst nearly one month
ago. In typical Maradona fashion, he arrived 50 minutes late to his scheduled hearing, with an
envoy of limousines following him, wearing a track suit and sunglasses.
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Barcaloco 12 November @ 09:00 PM EST
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano
Cristiano Ronaldo is recovering from an ankle injury he suffered back in October in a match with
his national team side Portugal. The injury will keep him out of Portugal's World Cup play-off
matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It was earlier reported that Ronald would not be ready in time for the match against FC
Barcelona on November 29 but when talking to reporters today in Madrid he was optimistic.
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Un dÃa después de que se enfrenten en un partido amistoso las selecciones de España y
Argentina, el técnico Diego Armando Maradona viajará a Zurich acompañado del presidente de la
AFA, Julio Grondona para su audiencia disciplinaria relacionada con los incidentes
que se produjeron después del partido clasificatorio para la Copa Mundial de Sudáfrica entre
Uruguay y Argentina.
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Soccer Pie 09 November @ 05:29 AM EST
Derby games are always passionate affairs and they generate a lot of excitement
but the match itself tens to disappoint the viewers, mostly because the managers are always too
cautious and they prevent the players from giving their attacking best. The games between
Lyon and Marseille have not been exception to this rule in the past and no wonder
nobody expected too many goals when these sides met on Sunday, but we saw a remarkable match and no
less than 10 goals, five on each side.
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Ligue 1 teams had an amazing week in the Champions League (not so much in the Europa) that somewhat
validated my prediction of French teams being real contenders this year. While Bordeaux won with
class and Lyon once again upset Liverpool in the same manner they did 2 weeks ago, Marseille
destroyed Zurich and are now in a position to make Real and Milan sweat.
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The Offside 05 November @ 11:00 AM EST
They must fall. And so four games in, the Champions League contenders and pretenders have been
separated fallen into place for the group stage which, a few spots aside, could've been drawn up in
August by a blind chimp and his serf, a man who tans. Breaking down the likelies, unlikelies, and
those who are already [.
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goalpost.tv 04 November @ 08:15 AM EST
Olympique de Marseille emerged triumphant against FC Zurich on Matchday 3, and Matchday 4 was no
different, as the Ligue 1 side comfortably eased past their opponents on home soil. Silvan Aegerter
scored an own-goal to begin the proceedings, while Fabrice Abriel, Mamadou Niang, Hilton, Benoit
Cheyrou, and Brandao added one each to showcase the dominance.
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FootieDB 03 November @ 02:54 AM EST
Uefa Champions League Olympique Marseille vs FC Zurich: Live Stream here Olympique Marseille - FC
Zurich : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today
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It is becoming hard to know what to expect with Milan this season. The side is enjoying a five
match undefeated run and have beaten the likes of Real Madrid and Roma. But, the same side has
incredibly lost to Zurich and has struggled against modest sides like Atalanta and Bari. In
addition, given the [.
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Those of you who never stop by for curry takeaway on the way home from work will be relieved
to learn that Bob Houghton, famously bad original one-year-and-fired coach of the Colorado Rapids
(and charter member of the soccer Good Old Boys network in the US) is advising his players in
India, where he's the national team coach, to STOP PURSUING CAREERS IN MLS because it's just not
good for their development.
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Repechaje Europeo -
Irlanda-Francia, Portugal-Bosnia, Rusia-Eslovenia y Grecia-Ucrania serán
los duelos
La FIFA realizó hoy en Zurich el sorteo de las Eliminatorias de la Repesca de Europa para el
Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010, en el que la República de Irlanda quedó emparejada con Francia,
Portugal con Bosnia, Grecia con Ucrania y Rusia con Eslovenia.
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It's going to be Ireland or France ... but not both
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As you scheme and schedule your next, uh, "sick day," you might want to book Nov.
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The ban resulted that Brunei DPMM's participation in the S.League is null and void, despite written
approval was sought at the start of the year from the world governing body on the team's
participation.
Part of DPMM's supporters at the League Cup Final
At that point of time, DPMM, a BAFA associate who used to play in Malaysian League, found
themselves in a wilderness after the Malaysians decided to pull the plug after BAFA was
de-registered by Brunei's Registrar of Societies, which is not inclined with FIFA's stand of
"non-interference from government" policy, so it was subsequently not recognized as the game
governing body in the oil-rich sultanate.
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WorldCupBlog 15 October @ 07:10 AM EST
Bit of controversy in European World Cup qualifying, with the powers that be pulling what looks
like a commercially motivated bait and switch with the playoffs.
Here's what's happened: The nine European group winners all qualify automatically. So that's
Denmark, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany, Spain, England, Serbia, Italy, Netherlands all going to
South Africa.
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The UEFA (Europe) region has finished its group stage of qualification on Wednesday with nine
teams earning automatic qualification. The teams that have already qualifed from this region are
England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Denmark.
Here are the final Group Stage standings for the UEFA region along with the top 8 second place
teams that have qualified for the play-off round where there are four additional spots
available.
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THAT'S IT!!! I might be the last one to do so, but I'm officially off the Ronaldinho
bandwagon!!!After promising to his teammates to become a more responsible and professional player,
Ronaldinho has let everyone down once again. His level of play is not improving, neither is his
fitness, or game shape.
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THAT'S IT!!! I might be the last one to do so, but I'm officially off the Ronaldinho
bandwagon!!!After promising to his teammates to become a more responsible and professional player,
Ronaldinho has let everyone down once again. His level of play is not improving, neither is his
fitness, or game shape.
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Jornada Champions que dio tres tacos tres en definiciones a la red. Tihinen para Milan 0 Zurich 1.
Andrei Arshavin para Arsenal 2 Olympiakos 0 y el estimado Radamel Falcao (sÃ, Falcao) para Porto 2
Atlético Madrid 0. Dignos de verse.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: RESULTADOS DE JORNADA 2 (29 Y 30 SET.
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Back in my prime, there was one method of scoring I never mastered, the heel-flick. I pulled the
move off in training many times, but in matches I made a fool of myself by whiffing on multiple
occassions. I really want to score on a heel flick in a meaningful match because it's just so
cool.
This week in the Champions League, three goals were scored on heel flicks.
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On Wednesday, we posted a video of Andrei Arshavin's nifty (and very offside) back-heel goal
from the weekend. Apparently the play inspired some others to break out the back-heel tricks, with
two back-heel beauties highlighting Wednesday's UEFA Champions League action.
FC Porto's Radamel Falcao scored this gem:
FC Zurich's Hannu Tihinen delivered this flying, ballet-like game-winning back-heel to knock
off AC Milan:
What do you think of these goals?
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On Wednesday, we posted a video of Andrei Arshavin's nifty (and very offside) back-heel goal
from the weekend. Apparently the play inspired some others to break out the back-heel tricks, with
two back-heel beauties highlighting Wednesday's UEFA Champions League action.
FC Porto's Radamel Falcao scored this gem:
FC Zurich's Hannu Tihinen delivered this flying, ballet-like game-winning back-heel to knock
off AC Milan:
What do you think of these goals?
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General Review
General Review II
AC Milan 0 - 1 FC Zurich: San Siro shocker
Leonardo defiant despite defeat
Player Ratings
Apoel 0 - 1 Chelsea: Struggle in Cyprus
Harris: Lampard stuck in a rut
Bayern Munich 0 - 0 Juventus:
Old Lady looks better
Bordeaux 1 - 0 Maccabi Haifa: Ciani winner
CSKA Moscow 2 - 1 Besiktas: Krasic winner
Porto 2 - 0 Atletico Madrid: Atletico woe
Manchester United 2 - 1 Wolfsburg: Owen hurt again
Jolly: Berbatov takes his chance
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Marseille: Ronaldo double
Player Ratings
Best of the Week in the Champions League
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goalpost.tv 01 October @ 03:27 AM EST
.AC Milan's woes continued, as they suffered yet another defeat at San Siro in the Group stages of
the Champions League. Even though the Italian Club had the better of the possession and looked the
stronger side on show, FC Zurich edged past them through a back-heeled goal from Finnish Defender,
Hannu Tihinen.
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Futbolita 01 October @ 01:29 AM EST
Raver Ramos is in ecstatic pain, but let's ignore that and examine the possibility
of the return of Galacticos 2.0. Against Marseille last night, Los Blancos showed
a glimpse of what Potter Perez's careful planning has done... or has it? If you watched the second
half of the game last night, you would have seen Benzema's classy one-two with
Kaka, who neatly directed the ball in Greaseano's direction for
him to score the final goal of the night.
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Dirty Tackle 30 September @ 07:19 PM EST
It's been a rough week for Silvio Berlusconi. He again tried to joke about the Obamas being
"tanned," he told a journalist he thought was a Milan fan that the club are "a disaster," and then
they proved him right by losing to Zurich in the Champions League. And now, Sky Sports Italia's
Gnok Calcio Show has video of Jose Mourinho looking like he wants to gargle drain cleaner
after having a pleasant backroom chat with the Milan owner the day of last month's derby (which
Jose's side won 4-0).
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It's a strange thing. Everybody complains that the integrity of the "so-called Champions League"
is a wasting ozone being eaten away by the presence of so many non-champions, and everybody loves
the idea that the fan-friendly, high-scoring, reasonably priced Bundesliga is secretly better than
the not-particularly-any-of-those-things Premier League.
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AC Milan Blog 30 September @ 04:27 PM EST
Zurich recorded a famous victory as they held on for a slender victory at the San Siro. Milan
wasted a host of chances as they failed to find the net yet again. Tihinen's early opener stunned
the homeside who had dominated possession in the early stages. The loss will sure spark huge debate
about Milan's [.
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I wasn't expecting to go to a fussball match while I was in Switzerland since I was going to be
there midweek last week. Once I found out that the Swiss Super League was having a midweek
matchday, though, I decided that I had to make it out to Letzigrund Stadium.
If you have been following the Champions League, then you know that Letzigrund Stadium is home
to current competitor FC Zurich.
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The European credentials of Manchester United and Chelsea will be given a thorough going over on
Wednesday night.
Bayern Munich vs. Juventus: Preview
Bordeaux vs. Maccabi Haifa: Preview
CSKA Moscow vs. Besiktas: Preview
AC Milan vs. Zurich: Preview
Real Madrid vs.
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FootieDB 30 September @ 02:01 AM EST
Uefa Champions League AC Milan vs FC Zurich : Live Stream here AC Milan - FC Zurich : Highlights
here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 todayÂ
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SoccerLens 24 September @ 02:47 AM EST
Roger Milla burst onto the big stage at the grand old age of 38 when he scored four
never-to-be-forgotten goals for Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy. Capturing
headlines all over the globe for his impressive displays en route to a memorable quarter-final
defeat to Sir Bobby Robson's England, Milla captured the hearts of the public with his spontaneous
corner flag dancing routine in celebration of each of his goals.
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